Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0107280
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC, Russellville, KY: NPDES KY0107280 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 14Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC, held by Darling Ingredients Inc, holds NPDES permit KY0107280, which discharges to Mud River. EPA’s file records it issued December 18, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | DARLING INGREDIENTS INC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Darling Ingredients Inc |
| NPDES ID | KY0107280 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 18, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Russellville, KY 42276 |
| Receiving water | MUD RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Mud River (HUC 051100030204) |
| NAICS | 311119 – Other Animal Food Manufacturing |
| SIC | 2048 – Prepared Feeds |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source KY0000002114100026 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 14Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 22 | 20 | February 28, 2011 | 93% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 10 | 9 | 7 | January 31, 2013 | 445% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 14 | 6 | January 31, 2024 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 10 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 1,197% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 7 | 1 | June 30, 2011 | 1,346% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Stream flow, instantaneous | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total [as Tl] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0107280.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.